Sixteen folks had been displaced after a three-alarm hearth ripped via a multi-unit Jamaica Plain residence throughout a frigid Saturday night time, Boston Fireplace reported.
At about 11:15 p.m. Saturday night time, Boston Fireplace responded to a fireplace in a big four-story house constructing on Boylston St. in Jamaica Plain.
On the scene, hearth unfold throughout “multiple floors and through the roof,” Boston Fireplace mentioned. A second and third alarm had been ordered “immediately.” Video from the scene exhibits flames taking pictures up out of the roof as smoke billows up. Temperatures dipped down into the low teenagers in Boston Saturday night time.
“Firefighters were working under extreme conditions as the water froze instantly on the building and even on the street lights,” Boston Fireplace posted to X, previously Twitter, early Sunday.
The division mentioned firefighter crews used floor ladders and aerial ladders to the constructing “working around the multiple power lines.”
Simply after midnight Sunday, firefighters reported “heavy fire is knocked down” and groups had been persevering with to “chase hot spots throughout the building.”
There have been no accidents to report, Boston Fireplace Deputy Chief Gerard mentioned in a media briefing round 1 a.m.
Sixteen residents of the constructing had been displaced, Boston Fireplace mentioned, and Pink Cross is aiding with housing. The hearth did an estimated $1 million of injury, the division acknowledged.
Boston Sparks assisted on the scene within the freezing temperatures, Boston Fireplace mentioned. Firefighters remained on the scene via Sunday morning to observe scorching spots.
The reason for the hearth is beneath investigation by the Boston Fireplace Investigation Unit, the division acknowledged.
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